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Nick Palmer
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Patient Ambassador & Involvement Lead at Kidney Care UK kidneycareuk.org
#fsgs #nocturnaldialysis
Everton #nsno #coyb 💙
#HOUSE🪩
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Soaking, from a very wet 16.5k run! Training on course for London Landmarks Half Marathon on April 6th 2025. www.justgiving.com/page/nick-pa...
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If you have kidney disease and are keen to be involved in research into the condition please check out our research opportunities page: kidneycareuk.org/get.../resea...

We update this regularly with the latest research opportunities and how you can get involved.
July 13, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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🎉 Win tickets to our 2025 Gala Dinner in Belfast. We want you to join us for a night to remember at Titanic Belfast! Prize tickets kindly funded by Lurgan Veterinary Clinic and ABP Food Group.
Enter or nominate someone to win (closes 21 July at 5pm) 👉 forms.gle/fBUfyMtNw1Sz...
July 7, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Our charity Golf information. 💙👍
June 30, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Adults with kidney failure experience financial toxicity as measured by the Comprehensive Score for financial Toxicity (CoST). Additionally, those experiencing financial toxicity report reduced workforce participation. kidney.pub/KID0857 #ASNKidney360
June 30, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Two power cuts in less than an hour tonight, completely disrupting my 8 hour overnight haemodialysis for the second time this month!
June 29, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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🚨 LATE-BREAKING SESSION ALERT 🚨 #PodocyteConference 🐙
Vincent Boima's overview of the recent study published in @nejm about APOL1 Bi- and Monoallelic Variants and Chronic Kidney Disease in West Africans 🆕 🔥 tobias-b-huber.bsky.social
June 12, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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A look into the future by Prof. Moin Saleem 🧐 at the #PodocyteConference 🐙 Walking towards gene therapy in Glomerular Diseases 🧬🤯 kidneyresearchuk.org‬ tobias-b-huber.bsky.social
June 13, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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📣 Our latest report 'Left to get on with it' focuses on the social and emotional needs and experiences of adults living with kidney disease. High quality psychosocial support should be available to EVERYONE with kidney disease.

Click here 👉 kidneycareuk.org/news-from-ki...
June 11, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Huge thank you to all those that sponsored and supported. Raised over £3k for @kidneycareuk.bsky.social the power of #nocturnaldialysis
April 7, 2025 at 6:34 PM
A big thank you to everyone who has shown generous support and sponsored my London Landmarks half marathon run on Sunday for
@kidneycareuk.bsky.social
Big rest and fuel day today, hopefully with an
@evertonfc.com
win!
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Just over a week until I run the London Landmarks half marathon. No mean feat for someone with #kidneyfailure on #nocturnaldialysis! If any of you lovely folks are able to sponsor me in support of @kidneycareuk.bsky.social that would be fabulous ❤️👍
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April 5, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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Just over a week until I run the London Landmarks half marathon. No mean feat for someone with #kidneyfailure on #nocturnaldialysis! If any of you lovely folks are able to sponsor me in support of @kidneycareuk.bsky.social that would be fabulous ❤️👍
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March 28, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis impacts the kidneys & is a major cause of kidney failure requiring dialysis or a #KidneyTransplant. When receiving a transplant, patients with FSGS experience recurrence of disease in up to 40% of cases—called recurrent FSGS.

#KidneyMonth #rFSGS #rFSGSConference
March 27, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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This is a lovely piece of writing. I’m biased, as it is by my wife, but it is lovely all the same kidneycareuk.org/kidney-disea... @kidneycareuk.bsky.social
My fistula story
Health writer and kidney transplant recipient Allie Anderson shares her complex feelings about living with an arteriovenous fistula.
kidneycareuk.org
March 19, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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📢Do you or a family member have #KidneyDisease, #HighBloodPressure or #Diabetes?

📒 We would like to hear about what information you have received about your #kidneys - what was good & what could be improved!

🔗https://app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/salford/phase-1-patient-survey

🙌Thank you!
March 5, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Beautiful thai chicken noodle soup for a cold evening ❄️ courtesy of @nigella.bsky.social
January 13, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Interesting new paper in CKJ: effect of climate change / heatwaves on mortality. Increased in dialysis patients - not in transplant.

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Moderately elevated ambient temperature is associated with mortality in dialysis patients, but not in transplant patients
AbstractBackground. In many parts of the world, heat waves have been associated with excess morbidity and mortality in the general population. Studies on t
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December 25, 2024 at 4:07 PM
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🍲 With wintery weather set to affect many of us soon, get meal planning with our #KidneyKitchen soups and stews recipes. From traditional leek & potato soup to flavour packed Thai & North African dishes - you have lots to choose from! #KidneyFriendly recipes here: kidneycareuk.org/get-support/...
Kidney friendly soups and stews
Enjoy a hot bowl of Kidney Kitchen's nourishing soups and stews, classic homemade comfort food. Our warming recipes range from traditional leek and potato soup to flavour-packed Thai and North African...
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December 20, 2024 at 5:30 PM
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Wonderful event at UK Parliament yesterday organised by @kidneycareuk.bsky.social & @nhsbt.bsky.social

Celebrating organ donation + raising awareness of how important kidney health is + how devastating kidney disease/failure can be ⚡️

Plus lovely catch up with pal/new MP/Tx surgeon Zubir Ahmed 🤗
December 5, 2024 at 6:18 AM
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We've been in Parliament today with NHSBT talking to MPs & peers about the importance of #OrganDonation & telling your family about your wishes. The waiting list is the highest it's been in a decade and this needs to change. Thank you to all who joined us today to make this event such a success!
December 4, 2024 at 5:06 PM
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Self Promo Monday.

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Cheers ✊
December 2, 2024 at 8:50 AM
Soaking, from a very wet 16.5k run! Training on course for London Landmarks Half Marathon on April 6th 2025. www.justgiving.com/page/nick-pa...
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December 1, 2024 at 1:03 PM